Boy found dead after ‘dispute with dad’

LAHORE - A boy was found dead from a plot in Sabzazar area on Thursday. Police said 18-year-old Muhammad Mumtaz, a resident of Nawan Kot, left his house after a brief altercation with his father over a domestic dispute late Wednesday.

Some passersby spotted the body in an empty plot and contacted the police by phone. The body was moved to the morgue for autopsy. Investigators say they believe unidentified men killed the boy somewhere else but fled after throwing his body in the plot. The police have registered a case against unidentified killers and are investigating.

Separately, a 25-year-old man was found dead from Qila Gujjar Singh. Police said that the man, yet to be identified, was lying dead near Bohar Wala Chowk when they reached the spot.